Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction | Missouri
Missouri executed a death row inmate on Tuesday after prosecutors supported his claims of innocence and opposed his bid to have the conviction overturned. Marcellus “Kalifa” Williams, 55, was killed by lethal injection, ending a legal battle that sparked widespread outrage after prosecutors who initially tried the case argued he was wrongfully convicted. In an […]
Hong Kong: first conviction under new national security law for wearing ‘seditious’ T-shirt | Hong Kong
A Hong Kong man has pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person to be convicted under Hong Kong's new national security law passed in March. Choo Kaipong, 27, pleaded guilty to one charge of “acting with seditious intent.” Under the new national security law, the maximum […]
Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh has had several run-ins with law — including conviction of possessing a weapon of mass destruction
Trump's alleged shooter, Ryan Routh, has had multiple run-ins with the law over the years, including a 2002 conviction for possession of a weapon of mass destruction, according to online records from the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections. Routh, 58, was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly pointed a gun at former President Donald […]
Sam Bankman-Fried files appeal for felony conviction – Cointelegraph
Lawyers representing the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam “SBF” Bankman Freed, have filed a long-awaited appeal of his conviction on seven felony charges and a 25-year prison sentence. SBF's legal team filed a 102-page brief with the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on September 13, arguing that the former FTX CEO “was […]
Breitbart News Vindicated; Under Georgia Judge’s Logic, Trump’s New York Conviction Should Be Tossed
Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Thursday dismissed two counts against former President Donald Trump for lack of jurisdiction. By the same logic, Trump's New York conviction should also be thrown out. When Trump and 18 co-defendants were indicted, Breitbart News raised the issue that Georgia was attempting to enforce federal law […]
Senate to swear in Menendez successor following NJ lawmaker’s conviction, resignation
The successor to former Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to be sworn in as a senator on Monday. The Senate will swear in George Helmy, a former chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, to serve out the remainder of Menendez's term, which expires on Jan. 3. The ceremony is scheduled to take […]
Federal appeals court upholds ex-Capitol Police officer's conviction for deleting warning to Jan. 6 rioter
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the obstruction conviction of a former U.S. Capitol Police officer who urged Jan. 6 rioters to remove incriminating social media posts and then deleted evidence of his own actions in trying to warn the mob. Michael Riley, a 25-year veteran police officer who was on duty when the […]
Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ podcast fame has Maryland murder conviction upheld as court rules in ex’s slaying
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‘I’m prepared to die’: Biden-Harris DOJ celebrates concentration camp survivor’s felony conviction over pro-life advocacy
Biden-Harris Department of Justice I got what I wanted Last week, a federal jury all but ensured that 89-year-old concentration camp survivor Eva Edl would receive prison time for peacefully protesting the kind of dehumanization she thought she had escaped when she immigrated to the United States after World War II. “I think it's a […]
Sen. Bob Menendez abandons defiant re-election campaign after conviction on bribery and corruption charges
Once-defiant Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey abandoned his reelection campaign just weeks after being convicted on bribery and corruption charges. Menendez, once a leading Democrat, had said he would run as an independent to retain his senate seat. “Menendez is actually a senator for Egypt, not New Jersey.” On Friday, that dream vanished. […]